OT - History of the NCAA tourney

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by sseltser

CCNY holds the distinction of being the only team to win both the NIT and NCAA Tournament in the same season. They did it in 1950, when the NIT occurred before the NCAA and teams could play in both.

Weekly Feature: Whereabouts Of The 1950 City College Of New York Team, NIT and NCAA Champs (Part I) – LostLettermen.com

Padgett and I officiated both championship games that year. I was the R in the NCAA game and he was the R in the NIT game because it was the second tournament and the more important tournament of the two.

MTD, Sr.

P.S. We both still had our own hair back then.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Padgett and I officiated both championship games that year. I was the R in the NCAA game and he was the R in the NIT game because it was the second tournament and the more important tournament of the two.

MTD, Sr.

P.S. We both still had our own hair back then.

Come clean, Mark. When was your first year?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Come clean, Mark. When was your first year?

I can't speak for the "other" Mark, but the first game I worked was between two teams at the Springfield YMCA. My partner was Dr. Naismith. I still have splinters from handling the peach baskets.

Note to "other" Mark. I still have all my own hair. It's a trait that's inhairent in my family.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I still have all my own hair.

I really don't understand why balding men pick the hair out of the shower drain and keep it in a big plastic bag?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I really don't understand why balding men pick the hair out of the shower drain and keep it in a big plastic bag?

There's a guy I ref with who is quite "follicley challenged", but he's such a good guy that we say he's not bald, he's just helping the environment by having a solar panel on his head.